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Criterion
Surveys method illustration showing its working structure
UX Research
Surveys
Paper illustration of the Consensus Workshop working structure.
Facilitation
Consensus Workshop
Paper illustration of the Lotus Blossom working structure.
Innovation
Lotus Blossom
Paper illustration of Rapid Ideation with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Rapid Ideation
Purposedifferent
When a topic needs to be validated broadly and many people can answer the same question, surveys gather structured feedback in a scalable form. Answers become comparable and segmentable instead of remaining merely anecdotal.When a group needs a solid decision without outvoting individual factions, a Consensus Workshop creates a negotiable common ground. It makes agreement, reservations, and open tensions discussable at the same time.When a central question feels too large, the method breaks it into neighboring topic fields with their own depth of ideation. It holds structure and openness at the same time, so adjacent perspectives don't get lost. This grows an idea space out of a core problem.When a decision needs to be prepared quickly, the method generates many solution-close variants in a short time. It deliberately relies on pace to undercut self-censorship and perfectionism. This quickly produces a usable field for prioritization and further work.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLowLow
Timedifferent
3-14 Tage1-3 h45-90 min5-20 min
Participantsdifferent
50+5-303-101-20
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Survey Results, Charts, Segment InsightsConsensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority AreasLotus Diagram, Idea Themes, ShortlistIdeenpool, Roh-Shortlist, Cluster
Tagsno overlap
QuantitativeResearchValidation
FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment
BrainstormingIdeationCreativityDivergenceWorkshop
BrainstormingIdeationDivergenceSpeed
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